A brief look at Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan by OneTexFan

OneTexFan offered some insight into Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan and his links to Houston. I’ll have more to come on the upcoming Jets game this weekend but I enjoyed these little nuggets from OTF.

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And without further ado…

~ Crimedog

With all the disarray in New York about the Jets in a blow out 34-0 loss with the San Francisco 49ers just days ago, Head Coach Rex Ryan is under the microscope by the mass media, fans and quite possibly the Jets’ Management. If Ryan doesn’t upright the ship that appears to be sinking, he might need to swim his way to another Coaching platform.

The Jets have a 2-2 record thus far in the AFC East this season, but there’s nervous tension and a bit of panic in the air within the Empire State.

With memories of Tim Tebow Tebowing his way from Denver, Quarterback tensions between team brothers Timmy and Mark Sanchez (however aleviated), an injury that shuts down the premier Wide Receiver Santonio Holmes (some pundits suspect a lisfranc injury to his foot, similar to what ended Matt Schaub’s active status with the Houston Texans in 2011), another injury to Darrelle Revis (said to be a torn ligament in his left knee), leaves Rex Ryan praying for a win against an apparently unstoppable Houston Texans team wishing it will be the medicine to stop the Green Machine from bleeding.

Ryan was signed as the Jets Head Coach in 2009. He has ties to other notables of the NFL in Buddy Ryan, (Rex’s father), and Rob Ryan, (Rex’s fraternal twin brother), who is the Defensive Coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys.

[Buddy Ryan was a Head Coach for both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Arizona Cardinals. Buddy also was employed as the Defensive Coordinator with the Houston Oilers. His temper was well known to get the better of him at times and while with Houston had a well publicized altercation with then Offensive Coordinator Kevin Gilbride.]

Rex Ryan is noted for attaining superb defensive efforts from teams that he’s coached. He is quoted saying,”Whatever you do best, we’re going to take away from you.”

As Defensive Coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens, Ryan’s Defense only allowed 23 points to be scored by opposing teams during the playoffs before his team won Super Bowl XXXV.

After Ryan was promoted to Assistant Head Coach of the Ravens in 2008, the team became the second ranked Defense in the NFL that year.

After Ryan’s departure from Baltimore following an AFC Championship game loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he was signed as the New York Jets’ Head Coach.

One of Ryan’s first notable actions as the Jets’ Head Coach was to sign the fifth pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, Mark Sanchez, as the team’s Quarterback of the future.

In Rex Ryan’s debut as Head Coach he won the season’s first game against the Houston Texans 24-7. The Jets completely shut down the Texans’ Offense that day. Houston’s only score came on a fumble that was returned for a touchdown.

In the past Rex Ryan has been blamed by the media for focusing his coaching efforts within the Defensive scheme and forsaking his attention of his Offense. He retorted to the press, his goal is to implement a proficient running game. He cites a desire to “get after” the opposition by running the ball at a Defense.